Sociology of Gender Solved Exam Questions
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Sociology of Gender explores the social construction of gender identities, roles, and inequalities across various cultural and institutional contexts. The course examines how gender shapes, and is shaped by, social structures such as family, education, the economy, media, and politics. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical research, students analyze the intersections of gender with race, class, sexuality, and other axes of identity, gaining insight into the dynamics of power, privilege, and social change. The course also considers global perspectives and contemporary debates on gender justice, activism, and policy.
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Gendered Lives 10th Edition by
Julia T. Wood
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Chapter 1: The Study of Communication, Gender, and Culture
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Q1) Unlike sex,gender is a relational concept.Explain what this means and the implications of it,and give an example that illustrates your point.
Answer: Gender is a relational concept because we can only understand femininity compared and contrasted with masculinity.Likewise,we cannot understand masculinity without the concept of femininity.We socially construct these two to be opposites; for example,if we see masculinity as being about strength,then femininity is seen as weakness.This concept is important because it means that when we change our ideas about one gender,we necessarily change the way we think about another gender.
Q2) Hermaphrodite is the preferred word for people who have male and female sex organs.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Historically and in all cultures,women have been the primary caretakers of young children.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Theoretical Approaches to Gender Development
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Q1) Critical Theories
Answer: Critical theories go beyond description,explanation,and prediction - the standard goals of theory - to investigate social structures that privilege some people and disadvantage others.Wood discusses two critical theories: Standpoint theory argues that disadvantaged people are best positioned to develop oppositional stances to existing power structures.Queer performative theory challenges heteronormativity and resists categorizing people as women,men,gay,or straight.
Q2) Queer theory states that identity categories are limiting and meaningless. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Biological theory suggests that men and women's brains are formed and develop differently,resulting in different behaviors and characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Rhetorical Shaping of Genderwomens
Movements in America
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Q1) What was/were the goal/s of the first wave of the women's rights movement?
A) Woman suffrage - the right to vote.
B) Women's right to higher education.
C) Women's right to work in the professions.
D) Women's right to own property.
E) All of the above
Answer: E
Q2) Cultural feminist ideology
Answer: This feminist ideology asserts that women and men are essentially different and should have different rights,roles,and opportunities.Separatism is an example of a movement predicated on this philosophy.
Q3) Which of the following are accomplishments of the National Organization for Women (NOW)?
A) Advocacy for the prohibition of sex discrimination by federal contractors.
B) The documentation of sexism in the media.
C) Advocacy for the reformation of banking and credit practices that disadvantage women.
D) Highlighting gender inequality across the globe.
E) All of the above
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: The Rhetorical Shaping of Gendermens
Movements in America
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Q1) Which movement asked men to rededicate themselves to their families,spiritual transformation,and political action?
A) Million Man March
B) Mythopoetic Men
C) Free Men
D) White Ribbon Campaign
E) Profeminists
Q2) Which of the following is true of NOMAS.
A) It stands for the National Organization of Men Against Sexism.
B) It celebrates traditionally masculine values of courage and ambition.
C) It condemns traditionally masculine values of aggression and emotional insensitivity.
D) It attempts to help men understand how their emotional development has been hindered by our culture's view of masculinity.
E) All of the above.
Q3) Montreal Massacre
Q4) Men's movements exist to oppose women's rights.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Gendered Verbal Communication
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Q1) The common belief that women are more talkative than men is supported by research.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Wood argues that language defines men and women differently.Explain the different ways men and women are defined and provide examples to support your claims.
Q3) Minimal response cues
Q4) Those who exhibit the feminine speech community tendency to speak in a tentative manner are displaying low self-confidence.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Women tend to interrupt others more than men.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The majority of men and women favor a woman's taking her partner's last name.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Male generic language
Q8) Polarized thinking
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Chapter 6: Gendered Nonverbal Communication
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Q1) Verbal communication conveys the majority of the total meaning during an interaction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Kinesics
Q3) Proxemics
Q4) What is the relationship level of meaning and how is it conveyed nonverbally? In your answer,be sure to define the three dimensions of relationship level meaning and give examples of each.
Q5) During conversation,Alyssa holds steady eye contact with her friend to indicate she is listening.Alyssa's eye contact is an example of ____.
A) haptics
B) proxemics
C) kinesics
D) artifacts
E) power
Q6) Women are generally better at reading anger in the faces of others than are men.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Becoming Gendered: The Early Years
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Q1) Which of the following statements accurately reflects what research has shown about parental communication with or about infants?
A) There is little difference in how parents tend to treat sons and daughters until the baby is about 12 months old.
B) Parents tend to talk to male babies more than they talk to female babies.
C) Parents tend to hold their babies for about the same amount of time regardless of the sex of the baby.
D) They tend to expect male babies to crawl sooner than female babies.
E) They tend to describe same-size babies in different terms based on the sex of the baby.
Q2) Derek is frustrated because his girlfriend wants him to speak openly about his feelings,but his male friends make fun of him for showing.Which of the following elements of masculine socialization in the U.S.best describes both of these pressures Derek feels?
A) don't be female
B) be aggressive
C) follow the boy code
D) embody and transcend traditional views of masculinity
E) be successful
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Chapter 8: Gendered Education Communication in Schools
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Q1) The author of your textbook argues that although curricular bias is less prevalent today than it was in the past,gender biases still exist.Describe three forms of gender bias that continue to be found in contemporary classrooms.
Q2) Peer pressure enacted by college women emphasizes being attractive to men over class work and career preparation.In addition,some female college students discover that their career goals are not taken seriously.These factors comprise ____,which researchers believe help explain these young women's lower ambitions after college.
A) effortless perfection
B) the culture of romance
C) the hidden curriculum
D) both A & B
E) none of the above
Q3) Girls face less pressure to conform to feminine socialization than boys do to conform to masculine socialization.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Invisible hand discrimination
Q5) Culture of romance
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Chapter 9: Gendered Close Relationships
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Q1) Alternative paths model
Q2) Lesbian relationships tend to be ____.
A) nonmonogamous
B) low in disclosure and support
C) egalitarian in distributing responsibilities for maintaining the relationship
D) primarily based on doing things rather than talking
E) longer-lasting than heterosexual relationships
Q3) Which of the following statements reflects the beliefs of the male deficit model?
A) Men are less able than women to express their feelings.
B) There are multiple ways to build closeness.
C) Men are just as able as women to interpret and express their emotions.
D) Men tend to build closeness by doing things for one another.
E) All of the above.
Q4) Think about how you perceive your future long-term romantic relationship(s)(which may include a preference not to have one).How does your conception of long-term romantic relationships reflect or challenge gendered ideas of how romantic relationships should function.Be sure to draw on material from chapter 9 to answer this question.
Q5) Male deficit model
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Chapter 10: Gendered Organizational Communication
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Q1) "Family friendly" policies in the workplace have been shown to have which effect(s)?
A) They substantially increase the costs of running business.
B) They increase employee turnover.
C) They decrease employee turnover and entice potential employees.
D) They decrease productivity in the workplace.
E) They are preferred by women but not by men.
Q2) Your textbook discusses masculine norms in professional life that have led to three misperceptions about employment and organizations.Discuss two of these misperceptions and reflect on the implications for male and female employees and for the organization.
Q3) ____ are policies that judge effectiveness based on intention rather than results.
A) Affirmative action
B) Quotas
C) Equal opportunity laws
D) Informal networks
E) All of the above
Q4) Glass walls
Q5) Microinequities
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Chapter 11: Gendered Media
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Q1) Unlike other television genres,reality television portrays men in non-stereotypical ways.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Your book discusses the ways in which relationships between men and women are portrayed in media.Choose two of the four themes and,using specific examples,explain how media depict men and women's relationships,including the implications of these portrayals.
Q3) Media coverage of female athletes and teams
A) is equal to media coverage of male athletes and teams.
B) often focuses on female athlete's appearance
C) is disproportionately focused on the WNBA
D) is disproportionately focused on sports that involve aggression
E) all of the above.
Q4) The author of your textbook argues that television programs and movies such as Sex and the City,Desperate Housewives,and Charlie's Angels may appear to challenge conventional norms of femininity when in fact they reinforce those norms.Review the author's arguments and indicate whether you agree or disagree.You may reference specific examples from the programs/movies in support of your answer.
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Chapter 12: Gendered Power and Violence
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Q1) Children who grow up in families with one or more abusive adults will become abusive because they have learned violence is normal and acceptable in relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Quid pro quo
Q3) The "reasonable woman" standard is used to determine if sexual harassment has occurred.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The majority of men are not violent toward women.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Cycle of abuse
Q6) Rape culture
Q7) Sexual slavery is a thing of the past.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Infibulation
Q9) Pornography
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Chapter 13: Epilogue-looking Backward, Looking Forward
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Q1) Discuss how laws and organizational policies that regulate leaves from work influence gender roles in families.In your essay,explain both how laws and policies shape family life and how family life sculpts the kinds of laws and policies that are endorsed in the society.
Q2) Which of the following statements about difference does your book support?
A) Difference causes strife in organizations.
B) We should seek to minimize differences and emphasize commonalities.
C) Diversity already exists and it can be a tool to enrich relationships and organizations.
D) Diversity is declining in the U.S.
E) The melting pot is the best metaphor to describe difference in the U.S.
Q3) Your Gendered Lives textbook states that the forms of influence you have on cultural views of gender include ____.
A) individual choice, policy change, and political movements
B) traitorous identity, teaching children, and empowering others
C) addressing backlash, profeminist movements, and feminist movements
D) direct power, gatekeeping/agenda setting, and voice
E) participating in backlash, personal choice, and agenda setting.
Q4) Gatekeepers
Q5) Direct power
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Chapter 14: Introduction: Opening the Conversation
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Q1) Socially constructed
Q2) How many women in the U.S.are killed by their intimate partner each day?
A) 1 in 20
B) 1 in 100
C) 1 in 2
D) 1 in 4
E) 1 in 250
Q3) What reasons does the author of your textbook provide for preferring the term "partner" to terms such as "spouse," "husband," or "wife?"
Q4) Identify and explain the stages people commonly undergo in the process of identifying with feminism.
Q5) The author of your textbook talks about privileges and disadvantages that are part of her social location (and standpoint)that she did not earn and explains how they shape how she sees the world.Choose one privilege and one disadvantage that is part of your social location and explain how it shapes how you see the world.
Q6) If everyone could become aware of gender inequality,it would no longer exist.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Inclusive language
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